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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-5724</article-id>
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<article-title>MF6PQC v1.0: coupling MODFLOW 6 and PhreeqcRM for variable-density reactive transport with evolving porosity and hydraulic conductivity</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Zitao</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7776-4282</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yue</surname>
<given-names>Chao</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Jianping</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Yongda</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3251-354X</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Qimeng</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Coal Industry Engineering Research Center for Exploration and Early Warning of Mine Water Disaster, School of Earth and  Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Key Laboratory of Green and High-end Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy  of Sciences, Xining, China</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>School of Earth System Science, Institute of Surface‐Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>13</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>29</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Zitao Wang et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Geochemical reactions can alter groundwater flow by changing solution density and porous-medium properties. Representing these feedbacks requires consistent exchange of chemical states and physical properties between reaction, flow, and transport calculations. We present MF6PQC v1.0, a Python framework coupling groundwater flow and transport in MODFLOW 6 with geochemical reactions in PhreeqcRM. MF6PQC updates solution density and converts mineral-volume changes into changes in porosity, hydraulic conductivity, and diffusion coefficients. It supports three schemes for coupling transport and reactions while retaining existing flow and geochemical model-building workflows. Comparisons with two established reactive transport models showed agreement in component transport, mineral reactions, and the evolution of porous-medium properties. An idealized evaporating salt-lake model reproduced density-driven circulation and evaporite zonation. In a heterogeneous evaporite-leaching aquifer, dissolution concentrated flow along preferential pathways, and density feedback strengthened this redistribution. MF6PQC provides configurable coupling schemes and property relationships for examining these interactions in groundwater reactive transport.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42502241</award-id>
<award-id>U24A20598</award-id>
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